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Showing 78817890 of 41543 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 4-5-2011 n° 09-72.550

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-4

Applications for authorisation or renewal of authorisation may only be examined by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency if they are accompanied by a complete file. The application must i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual insurance companies with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-54-2

I.-Where the mutual insurance company is managed by a management board, the latter shall consist of not more than two and not more than five members. The number of members of the Management Board is d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Rules of conduct

Article L521-4

I.-Prior to the conclusion of any insurance contract, the distributor referred to in Article L. 511-1 shall specify in writing, on the basis of information obtained from the prospective subscriber or…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R331-4

In the month following publication of the title deed, the pursuing creditor, or failing that the most diligent creditor or the debtor, summons the creditors holding a published security interest in an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Manufacture and import of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-46

Each batch of veterinary medicinal products benefiting from a marketing authorisation referred to in article L. 5141-5 or a registration referred to in article L. 5141-9 is subject to control of the f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-4

For the application of this book in French Guiana:1° References to the department and the departmental council are respectively replaced by references to the collectivity of French Guiana and the asse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-48

If the sentenced person commits, during the period of enforcement of the penal restraint, a felony or a misdemeanour under ordinary law followed by an unsuspended custodial sentence, the sentencing co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-4

Aid for collective operations is awarded and the amount determined on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The operation's ability to contribute to a mission of general interest for the technical s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2324-4

The purchaser may, for the award of a defence or security contract, use the competitive dialogue procedure referred to in article L. 2124-4, when at least one of the following conditions is met: 1° Th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for script rewriting

Article 411-32

Screenplay rewriting grants are awarded in the cases provided for in 2° and 3° of article…

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